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HMJ - Chapter 30
🕑 Added 2024-06-12 20:38:50 +0000 UTC“I can smell you! Your Ishvalian blood smells,” a voice spoke as it appeared at the end of a severe tunnel. It belonged to a small, fat man; he had a bald head and didn’t look very intelligent as he grinned dumbly.
Another voice appeared from around the corner: “Good job, Gluttony. You found our serial killer." It sounded female and teasing as a beautiful, pale-skinned, curvy woman with black hair stepped into view.
Scar looked at them unimpressed. “You were right; they really didn’t come after me. Is the one you told me of with you?”
“Who is he talking to?” Gluttony asked in confusion, holding a finger to his face.
“Petrificus Totalus! Petrificus Totalus!” Two green flashes hit the two as they landed on the floor. “About me, Gluttony. I have to say you look quite sexy, Lust. No, Scar; the one who started the Civil War isn’t here. He is called Envy,” Harry said as he appeared from under his invisible cloak behind them.
“Who are you? How do you know of us?” Lust gritted out from the floor. “What did you do to us?”
“You would like to know that, wouldn’t you?” Harry said calmly as he stared at the two Homunculi on the floor. 'It seems I will need the help of the three of you.' “You do realize that Gluttony isn’t pretending to be paralyzed?”
'No problem, we will lend you our energy!’ The voice of Jura replied in his head. 'Be careful; they are not weak.'
“Too bad.” Lust said as she stood up and said in a teasing voice, “So do you want to tell me the truth yourself, Cutie? Or do I have to become a bit more harsh with you?”
“Oh, I would love to play with you a bit. But unfortunately, it would become quite painful for me, Homunculus.” Harry smirked as a sword appeared in his hand.
‘They do feel really strange. It was as if they had thousands of weak Eldunarí with them, but none of them worked together. All suppressed,’ the voice of Vladr spoke on a rare occasion.
“Take care of the Ishvalian, Gluttony," Lust said as she faced Harry, her fingers extending into spikes, trying to pierce him.
Harry easily blocked it with his sword. While it was only a steel sword, he didn’t want to use the Ice Sword he found in House Stark before figuring out how to replicate it.
Its blade was strengthened by a multitude of spells, making it temporarily stronger until they ran out. “Kinky. Still, I would have preferred if we went on a date first.”
Scar led Gluttony away, and Harry had no doubt the man could take care of one Homunculus by himself. After all, he had shared its fighting style, and Gluttony was the dumbest of the lot, easily deceived.
“Oh, I don’t date weak humans. Your kind is so pathetic.” Lust replied in her teasing voice, once again sending her fingers piercing at him. “You will have to survive first. But be a good boy and tell me what I want, and I will make it quick.”
Blocking them once again with his sword, he said, “Just good that I am only a partial human. Nice to meet you, Lust. I am Harry. I can do one better. I will beat you, then we can go for a nice dinner.”
He had no problem keeping up with the Homunculus; while she was stronger than a normal human, Harry was too, thanks to his Elvish bloodline.
They exchanged slashes, keeping close in combat. From time to time, he landed a punch at her with a smirk.
She grew more and more impatient. “What are you doing? How?” she asked in fear as she tried to create distance between them.
“Oh, you mean this.” Harry said as he held up a big red stone.
Gramarye had the ability to manipulate energy and was part of the magic system of the Dragon Rider World.
While a novice practitioner was only able to use his own energy to power his spells, an apprentice already learned to store it in objects, especially jewels. But an expert could use more advanced methods to manipulate the energy of other life forms.
That made advanced magic users in the Dragon Rider World so dangerous because someone without Wards could be just sucked dry. Under the guidance of Jura, Harry’s mastery of the practice had almost reached master level.
While Lust seemed to have a natural resistance to her energy being manipulated from a distance, probably because of the souls in her Philosopher's Stone or the fact that she was a Homunculus, while touching her, he managed to steal more and more souls from her, manifesting them in a Philosopher's Stone.
The Philosopher's Stone was the most powerful and legendary object in the Full Metal Alchemist Verse, granting the user the energy of human souls.
It was created by human souls. They were basically less efficient versions of Eldunarí. While the dragon souls in the Eldunarí produced energy and stored it in the jewel, they also empowered the person they were working with with their minds.
The Philosopher's Stones used countless human souls as energy without storing their energy.
These souls were also not working with the user. They had a lot of resentment in them, and if they were strong enough, they might even attack the person.
“Isn’t it dangerous?” Harry asked innocently. “I believe you die once you run out of souls... Scary. I wouldn’t want such a beautiful woman to turn into dust.”
“Give them back!” Lust shouted in fear as she tried to get away from him. Through losing many of her souls, she had become weaker.
Harry ignored her fear and quickly closed the distance between them as he grabbed her by the throat. “Oh, now I am the kinky one. A bit of choke play!” He absorbed more and more souls into the stone but stopped right before she ran out of them.
“It seems like you will fall over at any moment,” he said as he watched the exhausted Lust. “Humans are pathetic. And somehow they are the most widespread race in the multiverse.”
“Then kill me, human. You have beaten me,” she gritted out, no longer having the strength to struggle against him.
“I don’t think so. Now that you are weakened, there is nothing you can do to resist. Petrificus Totalus. Stupefy.” A green and red flash hit her as she slumped onto the ground.
He put her on his shoulder and ran after Scar and Gluttony. It didn’t take long to find Scar repeatedly killing Gluttony.
Harry didn’t hesitate and sprinted behind them. His hand grabbed Gluttony as he began to pull out the souls from the lackwitted Homunculus, who wasn’t realizing what was happening as he focused on Scar.
It didn’t take long, and the bald man turned into dust as his souls were added to Harry’s Philosopher's Stone.
“What did you do to him?” Scar asked as he watched the spectacle while distracting Gluttony.
“I took the souls keeping him alive from him and added them to this Philosopher's Stone,” Harry explained as he showed the man the red stone in his palm.
“What are you planning to do with it?” Scar asked suspiciously.
“Hard to say, since I have no idea whether it would work. But we pretty much know what a human body is made of," Harry gave a hint. “But I will need to study alchemy first.”
Scar’s eyes widened. “You can bring them back? Even the Ishvalians used to make a Philosopher's Stone.”
“Like I said, I have no idea! I need to study alchemy and maybe alkahestry first. Probably not all of them.” Harry sighed. “It’s just an idea I have. I know that the Homunculus created an army of human puppets with some souls.”
“I see. I hope you will succeed, friend. This is for now where our paths split, isn’t it?” Scar asked with a look.
“Yes, you know the plan. Don’t look so glum. I am sure your people will follow you. Don’t forget the other things. See ya,” Harry said as he turned around and left the canalization in a different direction.
‘Are you sure it’s wise to play with the dead?’ Vladr asked in his head. ‘The dead should remain dead. You know what happens with the alchemists who try to bring back the dead.’
‘I am not trying to bring back the dead. Their souls are very much alive and in agony. I am aware that I can’t pay the price for every last one of them, but even if I can give a quarter of the souls and their bodies back, it would be a success,’ Harry sent back.
‘Possible. Still dangerous.’ Vladr said thoughtfully while Harry studied the blood-red stone in the palm of his hand while moving out of the sewers. On the way, he put Lust’s body in the store and put her under a strong sleeping spell empowered by the Eldunari.
